man i'm so glad this whole thing is over!
― goole, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 15:24 (twelve years ago) link
no xp
― iatee, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 15:24 (twelve years ago) link
assume thats been going on the whole time, the gop establishment has been in a frothy panic for the last month that gingrich might win, the other anti romneys they dont really take serious
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 15:26 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2012/01/republican-nomination
in this and other stories like it i'm always a little struck that the people they talk to (esp those who are explaining why they are voting for romney) seem a lot less crazy than the aggregate shitshow. maybe it's an iowa thing...
― goole, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 15:27 (twelve years ago) link
lol i can only pray http://motherjones.com/politics/2012/01/newt-gingrich-romney-gop-destroyer
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 15:28 (twelve years ago) link
what do they have to offer him? what does he have to lose? if he doesn't want to play the GOP spoiler it'll be because he doesn't want to play the GOP spoiler.
xp
― iatee, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 15:28 (twelve years ago) link
It's definitely been going on in full public view--in editorials, on Sunday morning shows, etc.--I'm just curious as to how much (or whether) it goes on in earnest out of public view.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 15:29 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2012/01/04/rickrolled_three_lessons_from_iowa.html
dave weigel thinks that the numbers say enthusiasm is way down but idk if his interp is right
― goole, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 15:29 (twelve years ago) link
thats prob m/l true, but it doesnt mean they arent trying, and of course theyve done everything else they can to marginalize him xp iatee
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 15:30 (twelve years ago) link
im sure its been going on behind closed doors too, i mean its polotics, we only see the tip of the iceberg, and there are no doubt things they can offer him, all sorts lucrative think tank jobs tv appearances publishing deals etc, its just whether its worth it to him to give up his last few moments in the spotlight
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 15:33 (twelve years ago) link
They don't have cabinet appointments to offer him, I'm sure, but they'd be hitting him up on whatever traces of party loyalty are left, and, more important, reminding him that it's better to be inside the fold than out if you want to continue giving lucrative speeches.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 15:33 (twelve years ago) link
lol newt you h8 everyone so bad just say fuck it go newtclear you know you want to come on you invented that shit
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 15:37 (twelve years ago) link
http://mjcdn.motherjones.com/preset_12/newt_1-4.jpgDESTROY ROMNEY DESTROY ROMNEY BLIP BLOOP BEEP
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
they dont respect you theyve never respected you after all youve done for them after all these years show them show them what you can do
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 15:39 (twelve years ago) link
I was just about to post how much I loved the photo in that Mother Jones link!
― clemenza, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 15:40 (twelve years ago) link
ha it really captures something
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 15:41 (twelve years ago) link
U Got the Look, Newt.
http://www.theblaze.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Nixon.jpg
― clemenza, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 15:42 (twelve years ago) link
god damn newt's got a big head
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 15:43 (twelve years ago) link
Erick Erickson vents, his commenters are somewhat vexed.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 15:46 (twelve years ago) link
Wait just one cotton-pickin' minute!vangoghssister Wednesday, January 4th at 10:12AM EST I’ll be darned if I’m going to let 123,000 people, in Iowa of all places (or anywhere else for that matter) tell me who I am allowed to vote for in this Presidential election. I am a Perry supporter and pray for him to stay in the race. I watched the first debate. I heard the in-state tuition argument from whoever brought it up (don’t remember now). No one and I mean NO ONE, not moderators, not talking heads on television or radio ever mentioned what he actually said, standing right there on the stage, outlining briefly the process for being allowed to pay in-state tuition. From there, the falsehoods took hold about that and the stupid Gardisil thing, etc. And YOU, Mr. Erick Erickson (God bless you for all the good work you do), have only made me angry one time in all the months I’ve been lurking around here. When you interviewed Gov. Perry in California and brought the tuition issue up, you called it SCHOLARSHIPS. You see, the words we use do matter when trying to convey the truth, even if it is an accidental GAFFE. If that interview had been broadcast on the MSM or even on Fox, once the masses heard that word ‘scholarships’, they would have tuned out and turned off right then, never listening to Gov. Perry patiently explain how it really works. His team should have done more to get the truth out there and I can’t fathom why they did not. There must be a way to get the stellar accomplishments of this fine Governor out where the most people will see them, especially those who do not take the time to research a candidates platform and past performance in office.Rats! Now I have to go to work. Keep the faith Perry Posse.
vangoghssister Wednesday, January 4th at 10:12AM EST
I’ll be darned if I’m going to let 123,000 people, in Iowa of all places (or anywhere else for that matter) tell me who I am allowed to vote for in this Presidential election. I am a Perry supporter and pray for him to stay in the race. I watched the first debate. I heard the in-state tuition argument from whoever brought it up (don’t remember now). No one and I mean NO ONE, not moderators, not talking heads on television or radio ever mentioned what he actually said, standing right there on the stage, outlining briefly the process for being allowed to pay in-state tuition. From there, the falsehoods took hold about that and the stupid Gardisil thing, etc. And YOU, Mr. Erick Erickson (God bless you for all the good work you do), have only made me angry one time in all the months I’ve been lurking around here. When you interviewed Gov. Perry in California and brought the tuition issue up, you called it SCHOLARSHIPS. You see, the words we use do matter when trying to convey the truth, even if it is an accidental GAFFE. If that interview had been broadcast on the MSM or even on Fox, once the masses heard that word ‘scholarships’, they would have tuned out and turned off right then, never listening to Gov. Perry patiently explain how it really works. His team should have done more to get the truth out there and I can’t fathom why they did not. There must be a way to get the stellar accomplishments of this fine Governor out where the most people will see them, especially those who do not take the time to research a candidates platform and past performance in office.
Rats! Now I have to go to work. Keep the faith Perry Posse.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 15:47 (twelve years ago) link
Keep the faith Perry Posse.
I want to sign all of my emails with this
― Much Ado About Nuttin (DJP), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
"in Iowa of all places"
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 15:52 (twelve years ago) link
I like how indignant he is over the tuition issue, yet somehow he never actually says anything about what Perry actually said
― Much Ado About Nuttin (DJP), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
Kelsey Grammer Newt Gingrich looks like a motherfucker with some dark secrets.
― Dan Peterson, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 15:54 (twelve years ago) link
Romney got less votes in 2012 than he got in 2008
"it was the same number of votes, but each individual vote was smaller"
― Much Ado About Nuttin (DJP), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 15:55 (twelve years ago) link
the gop establishment has been in a frothy panic
thakig u
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 15:57 (twelve years ago) link
For starters, the media would have you believe that the 123,000 people who turned out for the Hawkeye Caucii was a record. This is simply not true except superficially. If you take out the non-Republicans who came into the caucuses last night for Ron Paul, the Republican turn out was less than 2008 — even considering the ratio of independents to Republicans who turned out in 2008.
oh jesus
― Much Ado About Nuttin (DJP), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 15:57 (twelve years ago) link
This is simply not true except superficially
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 15:58 (twelve years ago) link
Bachmann's qui--"suspending." Supposedly she'll endorse craziness.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 15:59 (twelve years ago) link
Ames Straw Poll selling for $0.39 on e-Bay.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 16:01 (twelve years ago) link
It's kind of true, though. If Ron Paul isn't the candidate, a handful of his followers will vote Republican, but a bunch will either not vote or will vote for a third party or still write him in.
And more than a few will vote for Obama
― mh, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 16:03 (twelve years ago) link
pareene tweet:
RT @michaelbarthel: "Ron Paul Takes Unexpected Fourth Place on Pazz & Jop Albums List"
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 16:06 (twelve years ago) link
"Absolutely...of course."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czBDm7qIOW0&feature=youtu.be
― clemenza, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
o man newty sounds like hes in a dark place
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 16:23 (twelve years ago) link
man this thing is over
if we're talking about how newt gingrich is in his dangerous wounded underdog phase, that means it's just done. i mean, look at that sentence.
― goole, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 16:25 (twelve years ago) link
i just need it to drag on for a. little. more.
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 16:26 (twelve years ago) link
plz dont take this away from me
I already know you're not Daniel, lag∞n, but sometimes I swear you are.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 16:28 (twelve years ago) link
From Rick Perryland:
And the next leg of the marathon is the Palmetto State...Here we come South Carolina!!! yfrog.com/odz8ujrj
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 16:28 (twelve years ago) link
you guys can really make Democratic hypocrisy fun if you try
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 16:28 (twelve years ago) link
And if you really wanted that photo...
http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg877/scaled.php?tn=0&server=877&filename=z8ujr.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 16:29 (twelve years ago) link
Cee-Lo's other alternate lyrics to "Imagine"
and no Joe Biden too
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 16:30 (twelve years ago) link
― clemenza, Wednesday, January 4, 2012 11:28 AM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
sb
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 16:32 (twelve years ago) link
― Much Ado About Nuttin (DJP), Wednesday, January 4, 2012 3:57 PM (32 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
it's really blown my mind following the back-and-forth on twitter from rightists who say paul ISN'T A REAL REPUBLICAN
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 16:33 (twelve years ago) link
Meant as a compliment--I'm a fan!
― clemenza, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 16:34 (twelve years ago) link
w/e man
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 16:34 (twelve years ago) link
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, January 4, 2012 11:33 AM (58 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
eh he has a number of heterodox opinions
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 16:36 (twelve years ago) link
hey, the GOP is the Big Tent party
it's just that when you let in too many people, things get crowded and someone inevitably jostles you and you spill yr vodka martini; the tent is more about elbow room than inclusiveness
― Much Ado About Nuttin (DJP), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 16:37 (twelve years ago) link
the big spacious tent party
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 16:38 (twelve years ago) link